Utilización del conteo de carbohidratos en la Diabetes Mellitus

El conteo de carbohidratos es un método que ayuda a los pacientes a elegir sus alimentos y planificar sus comidas controlando la cantidad de hidratos de carbono ingeridos en cada una de ellas, para un mejor control glicémico. Se ha demostrado a través de estudios y ensayos clínicos que la terapia médica nutricional disminuyó la hemoglobina glicada aproximadamente 1% en diabetes tipo 1 y entre 1-2% en diabetes tipo 2. Este método ha crecido en popularidad en los Estados Unidos desde la finalización del Ensayo Clínico Controlado para el estudio de la Diabetes y sus Complicaciones, en los que se utilizó de manera eficaz. La ingesta dietética de referencia recomienda para los adultos un consumo de 45 a 65% del total de la energía para los hidratos de carbono o un mínimo de 130 gramos por día para cumplir con las necesidades nutricionales diarias y minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades crónicas. Objetivo: Dar a conocer el método de conteo de carbohidratos como una opción para el tratamiento nutricional del paciente con diabetes mellitus

Editorial

Es para mí un gran honor escribir el Editorial del primer número del volumen 69 de Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición – ALAN, Órgano Oficial de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición – SLAN. Con mucha emoción, realizaré en primer lugar un breve relato histórico de la Revista.Desde sus inicios, Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición ha sido “una publicación científica dedicada exclusivamente a la Nutrición”, puesto que ha asumido los objetivos de su antecesora Archivos Venezolanos de Nutrición. La Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición se hizo cargo de la Revista con la publicación del primer número del volumen 16, siendo el Editor General el Dr. Werner Jaffe, en la ciudad de Caracas, en el mes de septiembre de 1966.Desde ese entonces ha sido el medio de divulgación de artículos científicos relacionados al campo de la alimentación y nutrición de investigadores, académicos y líderes latinoamericanos en el área mencionada. Generaciones de profesionales han hallado en Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición el medio ideal para realizar consultas bibliográficas, además de poder difundir sus propias investigaciones

Adult starvation and disease-related malnutrition:a proposal for etiology-based diagnosis in the clinical practice setting from the International Consensus Guideline Committee

Background & Aims: Multiple definitions for malnutrition syndromes are found in the literature resulting in confusion. Recent evidence suggests that varying degrees of acute or chronic inflammation are key contributing factors in the pathophysiology of malnutrition that is associated with disease or injury. Methods: An International Guideline Committee was constituted to develop a consensus approach to defining malnutrition syndromes for adults in the clinical setting. Consensus was achieved through a series of meetings held at the ASPEN. and ESPEN Congresses. Results: It was agreed that an etiology-based approach that incorporates a current understanding of inflammatory response would be most appropriate. The Committee proposes the following nomenclature for nutrition diagnosis in adults in the clinical practice setting. ""Starvation-related malnutrition,"" when there is chronic starvation without inflammation, ""chronic disease-related malnutrition"", when inflammation is chronic and of mild to moderate degree, and ""acute disease or injury-related malnutrition"", when inflammation is acute and of severe degree. Conclusions: This commentary is intended to present a simple etiology-based construct for the diagnosis of adult malnutrition in the clinical setting. Development of associated laboratory, functional, food intake, and body weight criteria and their application to routine clinical practice will require validation. (JPEN J Parenter Enteral Mar. 2010;34:156-159

Adult starvation and disease-related malnutrition:a proposal for etiology-based diagnosis in the clinical practice setting from the International Consensus Guideline Committee

Background & aims: Multiple definitions for malnutrition syndromes are found in the literature resulting in confusion. Recent evidence suggests that varying degrees of acute or chronic inflammation are key contributing factors in the pathophysiology of malnutrition that is associated with disease or injury. Methods: An International Guideline Committee was constituted to develop a consensus approach to defining malnutrition syndromes for adults in the clinical setting. Consensus was achieved through a series of meetings held at the ASPEN and ESPEN Congresses. Results: It was agreed that an etiology-based approach that incorporates a current understanding of inflammatory response would be most appropriate. The Committee proposes the following nomenclature for nutrition diagnosis in adults in the clinical practice setting. ""Starvation-related malnutrition"", when there is chronic starvation without inflammation, ""chronic disease-related malnutrition"", when inflammation is chronic and of mild to moderate degree, and ""acute disease or injury-related malnutrition"", when inflammation is acute and of severe degree. Conclusions: This commentary is intended to present a simple etiology-based construct for the diagnosis of adult malnutrition in the clinical setting. Development of associated laboratory, functional, food intake, and body weight criteria and their application to routine clinical practice will require validation. (C) 2009 European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism and ASPEN American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved